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Automations for Cartographers

Research, study, and prepare maps and other spatial data in digital or graphic form for one or more purposes, such as legal, social, political, educational, and design purposes. May work with Geographic Information Systems (GIS). May design and evaluate algorithms, data structures, and user interfaces for GIS and mapping systems. May collect, analyze, and interpret geographic information provided by geodetic surveys, aerial photographs, and satellite data.

O*NET occupation: Cartographers and Photogrammetrists (17-1021.00). The software list and tasks below come from that record, not from guesswork.

Runs on software cartographers already use

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Software cartographers use that we connect

What we can build for cartographers

The job’s documented tasks, most important first. Each is a request away.

  1. Compile data required for map preparation, including aerial photographs, survey notes, records, reports, and original maps.Quote it
  2. Delineate aerial photographic detail, such as control points, hydrography, topography, and cultural features, using precision stereoplotting apparatus or drafting instruments.Quote it
  3. Prepare and alter trace maps, charts, tables, detailed drawings, and three-dimensional optical models of terrain using stereoscopic plotting and computer graphics equipment.Quote it
  4. Study legal records to establish boundaries of local, national, and international properties.Quote it
  5. Inspect final compositions to ensure completeness and accuracy.Quote it
  6. Revise existing maps and charts, making all necessary corrections and adjustments.Quote it

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